Catch ‘Playing the Protagonist’ at Los Angeles International Film Festival
November 12, 2025
This Friday, Playing the Protagonist, a new short film written, produced, and led by alum Justin Henriksen (Acting MFA 25)
Category: Theater
CalArts Ranks #2 in Art & Object’s 2026 List of Best Art Schools
November 11, 2025
CalArts was recently ranked second in the nation by Art & Object in its 2026 list of the Top 15
CalArts Ranks #12 in TheWrap’s 2025 Top Film Schools
November 6, 2025
CalArts has once again been named one of the nation’s best film schools, ranking 12th on TheWrap‘s annual list of
‘Redrawing the Rancho:’ Artists Reclaim the Histories of the Rowland Mansion
November 4, 2025
CalArts alum Eva Aguila (Theater BFA 05) is one of four artists reimagining the layered histories of the historic Rowland
In Memoriam: CalArts Mourns the Passing of Alison Knowles
November 3, 2025
CalArts mourns the passing of one of our original faculty members and pioneering artist Alison Knowles, who died on Oct.
CalArts Alum James Waterman Sets ‘In Spring’ Album Release Show in LA
October 30, 2025
Alum and CAP Program Manager James Waterman (Music MFA 15) joins multi-instrumentalist Joel Reed Mankey to release In Spring—a Celtic-inspired album and live concert
Q&A with Alum Ishika Muchhal on her Stand-Up Comedy/Thesis Defense Presentation in NYC on Saturday
October 29, 2025
This Saturday, Nov. 1, CalArts alum Ishika Muchhal (Acting BFA 23) brings her comedy special, Please Don’t F*ck the Funny Out of Me, to Caveat in
Amy Tofte’s ‘Contact Tracing’ Premieres at Awareness Film Festival
October 24, 2025
Writer and director Amy Tofte (Theater MFA 11) premieres her film Contact Tracing at the 16th Annual Awareness Film Festival on Saturday, Oct. 25, at
CalArts MFA Student Ilse Castro Corona Directs ‘Life Is a Dream’ at Highways Performance Space
October 23, 2025
CalArts School of Theater MFA student Ilse Castro Corona directs Life Is a Dream (Sueños de Libertad), a contemporary ensemble-based reimagining of Calderón de la
CalArtians Named Film Independent 2025 Producing Lab Fellows
October 13, 2025
Film Independent recently announced the participants in its 2025 Producing Labs, recognizing a new generation of producers working across fiction and documentary. Among this year’s
Blue Echo, a CalArts-World Resources Institute Collaboration, Opens Sept. 27
September 26, 2025
A new exhibition created in partnership with the global research organization, World Resources Institute (WRI), and artists from CalArts opens tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 27) at
World Premiere of ‘Blue Waves’ at Automata
August 27, 2025
On Thursday, Aug. 28, Automata presents the world premiere of Blue Waves, a new work by multidisciplinary theater artist and CalArts alum Moira Lael MacDonald
CalArtians Among 2025 Princess Grace Award Winners
August 18, 2025
The Princess Grace Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2025 Princess Grace Awards, honoring 18 award winners and 12 honoraria recipients across theater, dance,
CalArts Reef Residents to Host Open Studios June 7
June 6, 2025
On Saturday, June 7, the CalArts Reef Residency will host Open Studios, featuring work by the CalArts alumni from the schools of Art, Film/Video, and
Scenes from CalArts Graduation 2025
May 20, 2025
On Friday, May 16, the CalArts community, friends, and family saw Graduation Courtyard live up to its name as it hosted the class of 2025’s
Anthony Nikolchev’s ‘The (Un)Double’ to Premiere at 2025 Venice Biennale
May 16, 2025
This June, The Un(Double), the latest work by School of Theater faculty Anthony Nikolchev, is set to make its world premiere at the 53rd International
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